West Bengal Chief Minister & TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was released from the hospital on Friday, with doctors saying that she has responded well to treatment. The TMC supremo, who is also the election-candidate from Nandigram, left hospital two days after she was injured in Nandigram days before assembly elections.

“Medical board felt she should be in the hospital for 48 hours more for observation. She requested that she should be discharged. Heeding to her request she is being discharged with medical advice,” doctors treating her at a hospital in Kolkata said in a statement.

“The Chief Minister has responded to treatment. The plaster slab was opened today and injury was examined. The haematoma (blood suffusion) has diminished considerably. Ankle injury has shown much sign of improvement,” they added.

On Wednesday, after filing her election papers for Nandigram, Mamata was at a market greeting people while standing on the footboard of her car when the crowd pressed against her door, which crushed her leg, causing her injuries.